Jeffrey Aalvik✊️ (@jcrew756)

In the Strict List of 7 High Sabbaths, found in Leviticus 23, were some Set Apart from the others by the Command to Come Up to Jerusalem and the Temple, to worship and offer personal sacrifices? https://share.google/aimode/qeFYyaJc4xxIGsIIR Yes, Specific Feasts within the Annual Holy Days were Uniquely SET APART by a COMMAND to Travel to the Central Sanctuary (which eventually became the TEMPLE in JERUSALEM). [1] While Leviticus 23 provides a comprehensive list of all the appointed times (moedim) and sacred assemblies (miqra), the Explicit Command to Make a Physical Pilgrimage and Bring Personal freewill Sacrifices is Expanded upon in Exodus 23:14–17, Exodus 34:22–24, and Deuteronomy 16:16. [2, 3, 4] These Distinct Feasts are collectively known in Hebrew as the Shalosh Regalim (The Three Pilgrimage Festivals). [5] The Three Pilgrimage Feasts Out of the broader cycle of annual holy days, God commanded all Israelite males to "appear before the Lord" three times a year at the place He would choose. They were forbidden from appearing empty-handed and were required to bring personal gifts and voluntary offerings proportionate to how they had been blessed: [1, 6, 7] Feast Name (Biblical) | Common Names | Season | Scriptural Mandate ● Chag HaMatzot / Feast of Unleavened Bread / Passover / Spring (Abib/Nisan) / Deuteronomy 16:1–8. ● Chag HaShavuot / Feast of Weeks / Pentecost / Summer (Sivan) / Deuteronomy 16:9–12 ● Chag HaSukkot / Feast of Tabernacles / Booths / Ingathering / Autumn (Tishrei) / Deuteronomy 16:13–15 How They Were Set Apart ● The Centralized Location: Other annual holy days, such as the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) or the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), could be observed in an individual’s local "dwellings". However, the Three Pilgrimage Feasts REQUIRE the Entire Community to Converge on Jerusalem. ● Personal Sacrifices: Beyond the standard national offerings made by the priesthood on behalf of the nation, individuals traveling for the Shalosh Regalim brought personal "holiday peace offerings" and freewill tithes to joyously celebrate and eat with their families, servants, and the less fortunate in the presence of God. [1, 11] AI responses may include mistakes. [1] https://aish.com/ascent-to-jerusalem-for-the-three-festivals/ [2] https://gospellight.sg/sermons/the-7-feasts-of-israel-leviticus-23/ [3] https://tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2022/02/jewish-feasts-and-festivals-2/ [4] https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/36240/at-what-three-times-were-israelites-required-to-make-a-pilgrimage-to-the-taberna [5] https://www.yardenit.com/three-pilgrimage-festivals/ [6] https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/pilgrimage-festivals/ [7] https://biblehub.com/topical/t/the_three_feasts_of_pilgrimage.htm [8] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+23&version=NKJV [9] https://icejusa.org/2023/07/05/feasts-of-the-lord/ [10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0YnTxrKXE [11] https://enterthebible.org/passage/deuteronomy-169-17-passover-weeks-and-tabernacles-the-three-feasts/